TEST 9

1. After making a verbal agreement to sell Mark Felton the house, the homeowner.............sold it to another bidder.

a)     unfair

b)    unfairly

c)     was unfair

d)    unfairness

2. Golf is becoming an..........popular sport among teenagers and young adults.

a)     increasingly

b)    increasing

c)     increased

d)    increase

3. ..........conferences should be held more often in order that employees can make contacts in similar organizations.

a)     associate

b)    associating

c)     associated

d)    association

4. We regret to inform you that the data..............cannot be released without the individual's permission due to our strict confidentiality policy.

a)     request

b)    requests

c)     requesting

d)    requested

5. This contract requires the labor union to............who their bargaining representative will be.

a)     specific

b)    specification

c)     specifying

d)    specify

6. Before they develop products, the manufacturers of electronic goods like to know what features.............find useful.

a)     consumers

b)    consumption

c)     consume

d)    consumable

7. Before buying a new appliance, compare the...........of similar products and their warranties, which protect your purchase and frequently vary from product to product.

a)     characteristically

b)    characterizing

c)     characteristics

d)    characterize

8. The next step is to................pour the cement into the mold so that none the mixture spills out.

a)     caution

b)    cautionsness

c)     cautionsly

d)    cautious

9. Staff whose................exceeded the expectation levels are eligible for the Employee of the Month award.

a)     performer

b)    perform

c)     performance

d)    performing

10. The survival of cancer patients depends heavily on early................of the disease.

a)     diagnostic

b)    diagnose

c)     diagnostically

d)    diagnosis

11.To prevent exposure of your personal infomation, we strongly recommned that.............. of our website change their passwords at least every 30 days.

a)     used

b)    useful

c)     using

d)    users

12. The applicants had a.............time filling out the application form after they found it was the only assessment tool.

a)     harder

b)    hardly

c)     hardest

d)    harden

13. Operating a sucessful web business requires...............advertising and marketing that targets your  potenial users.

a)     creation

b)    create

c)     creativity

d)    creative

14. Leaders in the engineering field determinded that building a dam to stop the flow of this river is..........impossible.

a)     technical

b)    technically

c)     technicality

d)    technician

15. Expecting to repeat the success of the last year's sales..........,the CEO held a meeting of all the managers.

a)     initiate

b)    initiative

c)     initiating

d)    initiation

16. The application will be processed in a week to ten days and if you are a...........candidate we will notify you by e - mail.

a)     choose

b)    choosing

c)     chosen

d)    chooses

17. All the...........from the fundraising event will go to providing shelter for the homeless.

a)     procedures

b)    processes

c)     proceeds

d)    procession

18. Requests............vacation times must be submitted on the official form to your supervisor two weeks prior to the time off.

a)     concern

b)    concerns

c)     concerned

d)    concerning

19.To protect personal information, computer users should always exercise..............when using public computer terminals.

a)     cautiously

b)    cautious

c)     caution

d)    cautionary

20. The president of the company knows that they need to attract and ..........more consumers if they want to avoid failure.

a)     satisfaction

b)    satisfy

c)     satisfied

d)    satisfying

21. All of the airlines...........advise you to turn off your cell phone before boarding, so as not to cause possible electronic malfunction.

a)     kinder

b)    kind

c)     kindest

d)    kindly

22. In accordance with the latest regulations, no employee will be............to work more than nine hours per day.

a)     requirement

b)    requires

c)     required

d)    requisition

23. The courier insisted that  I sign the document as.............that he had delivered the sofware from our provider.

a)     prove

b)    proving

c)     proved

d)    proof

24. It was the opinion of the estate planner to have the..........documents placed in a vault at the bank.

a)     originally

b)    original

c)     originality

d)    origin

25. The planing committee couldn't develop a............sound plan for the fiscal year's

budget because they thought they had not had enough time.

a)     finance

b)    finances

c)     financial

d)    finanially

26. His business is failing to such an.............that it is losing over $40,000 a year.

a)     extend

b)    extension

c)     extent

d)    extensive

27. This manual is..........intended to help customers understand how to handle our now machine.

a)     specific

b)    specifically

c)     specification

d)    specified

28. The pages of WaterHealthConnection.org may be reproduced noncommercially by physicians and other health care professionals, but any other reproduction is subject to................

a)     approve

b)    be approved

c)     approving

d)    approval

29. The expected interest rates seem low, but it can be assumed that.......................will

fluctuate according to the current economic situation.

a)     they

b)    them

c)     their

d)    themselves

30. Many consumers expect......but things are mechanical and eventually will break down.

a)     perfectly

b)    perfect

c)     perfection

d)    perfected

31. The board of directors has requested that the financial division provide them with a.............funds report rather than the files they usually get.

a)     consolidate

b)    consolidator

c)     consolidated

d)    consolidation

32. We will have a meeting tomorrow with the Chairman to see if we can come to a...................accpetable compromise.

a)     mutually

b)    mutual

c)     mutualize

d)    mutuality

33. Many companies are in the middle of adopting a decentralized decision - making

system because it allows managers to have even..............flexility.

a)     great

b)    greater

c)     greatest

d)    greatly

34. The sales manager will provide you with the..............data required to analyze new

competitors' potential.

a)     specific

b)    specify

c)     specifically

d)    specifier

35. We at North Hills Finance contact our customers in order to....................our financial services to their requirements.

a)     customary

b)    customize

c)     customarily

d)    customer

36. Some people argue that atomic bombs should not have been used in the Sencond World War, but others..................that using them was inevitable so as to put a quick end to the war.

a)     maintenance

b)    maintain

c)     maintaining

d)    maintains

37. Ms. Elaine will be away on business for three days, so just leave the Fidelity contract on...............desk.

a)     hers

b)    her

c)     she

d)    herself

38. We are currently recruiting for  a packaging engineer for a client of ....................that

is based in the Nashville, Tennessee area.

a)     we

b)    us

c)     our

d)    ours

39. The car buyer grew...............when it seemed that the dealer tried to rush the sale.

a)     suspects

b)    suspicious

c)     suspicion

d)    suspected

40. Everybody on the board of directors is in...................that the merger of those two units should take place.

a)     agreeing

b)    agreement

c)     an agreement

d)    agreements